>a silver-carbon (Ag-C) composite in the anode to achieve breakthrough performance: 600-mile range, 9-minute fast charging, and a 20-year lifespan
SO. FUCKING. WHAT.
ya STILL have to charge it by BURNING COAL
what's even worse, it increases the number of times the energy has to be transformed
and each transformation LOSES ENERGY as waste heat
for an internal combustion vehicle, the energy from the original source is converted TWICE, to get the desired result, motion of the vehicle
stored chemical energy (gasoline) ––heat (expanding combustion gasses) ––> mechanical energy (propels vehicle)
for an EV, the energy from the original source goes thru TWELVE transformations (––>)
COUNT 'EM
stored chemical energy (coal) ––heat (combustion) ––> physiochemical energy (boils water to make steam) ––> mechanical energy (steam drives turbine) ––> mechanical energy (turbine turns generator) ––> electrical energy (generator output) ––> electrical energy (massive increase in voltage for long distance transmission) ––> electrical energy (voltage stepdown for local transmission) ––> electrical energy (further voltage reduction for immediate local distribution) ––> electrical energy (conversion to DC needed to charge a battery) ––> stored chemical energy (charging the battery) ––> electrical energy (needed to power DC motors) ––> mechanical energy (propels vehicle)
EACH ONE is less than 100% efficient
meaning energy is LOST
dissipated as WASTE HEAT
some of these steps are EGREGIOUSLY inefficient, like AC to DC
the overall efficiency is the PRODUCT of multiplying all twelve individual efficiencies together
the result as ABYSMALLY TINY, ie, INEFFICIENT
there needs to be a law requiring this information to printed in LARGE LETTERS
and pasted to the driver's window of every EV sold to the retarded public